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Web Search Engines
- Startpage
- ...is the only third-party search engine in the world that does not record your IP address or track your searches. Startpage is the default search engine for the privacy protecting TorBrowser.
- DuckDuckGo
- Simple, uncluttered search engine that makes a policy of trying to respect the user's personal privacy.
- Google
- An uncluttered, easy to use interface designed to make it easy for users to enter search queries and interpret results. Users can also enter a query and click the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, which takes them directly to the website of the first search result.
- Yahoo
- Yahoo is a typical "portal page" to the Web but includes a good search capability.
- Bing.com
- I'm not a Microsoft fan, but it looks like they've done a nice job on this search site.
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Aviation Related
- AirNav: Airport Information
- Search by indentifier, name, or city
- AOPA Airport Information
- Search by indentifier, name, or city
- FAA Registry
- Search the F.A.A. database for aircraft N-number, AC serial number, owner name, make/model, and more
- NavMonster.com
- Flight Planning, Aviation Weather, and for G. A. Pilots
- SkyVector.com Aeronautical Charts
- VFR Sectional, IFR Enroute - draggable, zoomable; Fligth Planning, METARs, TAFs
- FAA Airport Diagrams
- PDFs of airport diagrams from the FAA
- Fltplan.com
- Charts, approach plates, weather, NOTAMs, flight planning...
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Phone Directory Databases
- Find addresses and phone numbers of people or businesses - all reverse lookup capable...
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WhitePages.com - includes subject's age
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AnyWho - by AT&T
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Stocks/Financial:
- Currency Converter
- You can view any exchange rates among the 164 currencies for any day since 1 January 1990 through today. The currency converter is updated daily at 8:00 PM EST.
- Google Finance
- Similar to Yahoo's Quotes pages.
- Yahoo! Quotes
- Enter one or more ticker symbols, or you may look up the symbol by
company name. Returns latest quote, link to chart, and links to recent
related headlines.
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Map Resources:
- SkyVector.com Aeronautical Charts
- VFR Sectional, IFR Enroute - draggable, zoomable; Fligth Planning, METARs, TAFs
- Google Maps
- Powerful map/image interface combining map, satellite imagery, or hybrid
- Mapquest-Interactive Atlas
- Enter street address and city and get a map with location marked with
a star.
- Bing Maps
- U.S. city maps of your choice; enter a street address. Similar to Mapquest.
- Winnebago County Geographic Information System
- Zoom and scroll through a map of Winnebago county. Toggle several layers of information on and off to create a custom view. Details lot lines, property dimensions, street names, contours.
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Virus Hoaxes and "Urban Legends":
- Snopes.com (legends & hoaxes)
TruthOrFiction.com (legend hoaxes)
Phone Scams Guide (How to spot and deal with some common telephone scams)
- These pages list and explain the various hoax "E-mail Viruses", or "Urban Legends" that alarm or get passed on by gullible internet newbies. Don't be fooled; be educated!
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Other Search Item Tools:
- Britannica.com
- Looks like you can find out anything here; the whole Encyclopedia Britannica on line.
- Edmund's Auto Buyer's Guides
- New and used car and truck price guide information on-line, rebates and incentives, road tests.
- Google Translate
- Translate text, a website, or a document.
- Interactive Units Converter
- Choose weight, volume, length, area, speed, pressure, temperature, circular measure, or time, and enter a value for one unit, and this JavaScript site converts your value to about all other units you've ever heard of.
- Internet Movie Database
- Enter a movie title and get data on year, plot, cast, characters, quotes,
goofs, trivia.
- Kelley Bluebook Car Pricing
- New and used car pricing information and more.
- Merriam-Webster OnLine
- Powerful dictionary on-line.
- Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
- Search the SS Death Index by name, birthplace, birth date, death date, last residence...
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Learn about patents, or search U.S. patent database by patent number, or key words in title, abstract, assignee name and more.
- Wolfram|Alpha - Computational Knowledge Engine
- Wow! This looks like a scary powerful information / knowledge tool. This video tutorial intro should give an idea of the capabilities.
- The World Radio Amateur Directory
- Look up amateur radio operators by callsign or by name search.
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